Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Scaphitidae
Full reference: T. Birkelund. 1965. Ammonites from the Upper Cretaceous of West Greenland. Meddelelser om Grønland 179(7):1-192
Belongs to Scaphites (Scaphites) according to T. Birkelund 1965
Sister taxa: Scaphites (Scaphites) binodosus, Scaphites (Scaphites) cobbani, Scaphites (Scaphites) evanicsi, Scaphites (Scaphites) gibbus, Scaphites (Scaphites) haugi, Scaphites (Scaphites) hugardianus, Scaphites (Scaphites) kieslingswaldensis, Scaphites (Scaphites) leei, Scaphites (Scaphites) meslei, Scaphites (Scaphites) simplex
Type specimen: MMH 9802. Its type locality is Scaphitesnaesen, Agatdalen, Nugssuaq, which is in a Campanian offshore shale in Greenland.
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Greenland (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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